She was found floating in the lake at at Weequahic Park recently
The Essex County Prosecutor’s office is hoping members of the public can help identify a woman found floating in a lake at Weequahic Park last Saturday.
New Jersey State Police sketch. Two joggers found the body floating in the water when they were running on a track at Weequahic Park in Newark shortly before 11 a.m. on March 3.
Investigators have been unable to identify her.
She is between 5 feet and 5-feet 5-inches tall and weighed about 100 to 120 pounds.
A sketch created by a New Jersey State Police artist features a set of star tattoos on her neck, as well as a distinctive tattoo of a purple flower with the name Tiara – which is on the upper right side of the woman’s chest.
While investigating the woman’s discovery, police found a second body that day, a male, in another part of the lake, at about 3 p.m.
They have since identified him as Antoine Bennett, 24, of Newark.
Any with information that might be helpful in identify the woman is asked to contact Detective Wilfredo Perez at 973-985-9971 or to call the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force tips line at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1-877-847-7432.
The investigations of the circumstances on how each died is ongoing.
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